Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social Professor of Law, University of CA, Irvine School of Law • Technology & Society • Work Law • Democracy & Inequality
General Counsel AAUP
Sam's sister ❤️
Personal Account, Views My Own
Akil Bello @akilbello.bsky.social Shadow education vet → policy wonk & public intellectual | Coined "highly rejective colleges" (Congress & Urban Dictionary) | Netflix, NYT, Forbes | 5x FAFSA filer, CSS hater | data-driven contrarian | "Brilliance & foolishness" per sources
akilbello.com
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Stuart Schrader @stschrader1.bsky.social Author of Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves (@basicbooksgroup.bsky.social, 2026) and Badges Without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed Policing (@ucpress.bsky.social, 2019)
Sumathy Kumar @sumathy.bsky.social Organizing in NY. Tenant power and socialism 🌹
Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social Historian, occasional anthropologist, working on disability, race and Empire; histories of public health. Eternal immigrant, writer, teacher. Indifferent cook. There will be many dogs on this feed. Luddite, yes, in the best way.
Lives with epilepsy.
#PeoplesBudgetNYC #CareNotCuts @peoplesplannyc.bsky.social A collective vision for a City that provides dignity, care, & justice for all New Yorkers. We demand #CareNotCuts & #PeoplesBudgetNYC!
insta/tiktok/twitter: @peoplesplannyc
vortex_egg @vortexegg.com Cyberoccult investigator. Sociotechnical gremlin. Swarm intelligence egregore. Magitek knight. Combat librarian. Bearer of the cursed knowledge.
Rogue information scientist, researcher, & technologist. MLIS.
Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social HS English teacher clinging to what the legendary Gwendolyn Brooks wrote: "we are each other's / harvest:" (yes, that line break feels heavier than ever these days)
Also: I share writings, resources + thoughts on education at thebrokencopier.substack.com!
Michael Lange @michaellangenyc.bsky.social NYC born & raised || Writing about local politics || #BillsMafia
All tweets, views and writings expressed are my own
www.michaellange.nyc
Francine Almash @bklyn19.bsky.social Assistant Professor/SEEK Counselor at the City College of New York. Ph.D. in Urban Education, The Graduate Center, CUNY. Education historian, disability scholar, activist.
Joon Lee @joon.bsky.social Independent Sports Journalist • Formerly: ESPN, B/R, WaPo • Born in Seoul 🇰🇷 Bred in Boston • workwith@joon.me
📍New York City
📺 youtube.com/@iamjoonlee
Free Parking 🚘 @free-parking.bsky.social Hate is bad and love is good. I play a lot of songs on TikTok @mitchmusic2040 #Suikoden2
Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social Aggregator of Black Culture. James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies at Duke University. Host of the Webby-nominated Left of Black. Author of several books, including forthcoming SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (on Black Fatherhood).
Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social Professor of History at Columbia University; author of CRIMES AGAINST NATURE, SHADOWS AT DAWN: A BORDERLANDS MASSACRE AND THE VIOLENCE OF HISTORY; and THE STRANGE CAREER OF WILLIAM ELLIS. Working on a new project on the US-Mexico War (1846-1848).
Laura Nahmias @lauranahmias.bsky.social Senior Reporter covering NYC + state politics for Bloomberg News. Formerly at Daily News Editorial Board, POLITICO, City + State
Families for Change NYC @familiesforchange.bsky.social NYC public school parents: give us a follow!
Familiesforchangenyc.org
Fighting for inclusive, equitable and honest public education in NYC.
Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social New York Times Opinion Columnist. The world, especially the global south, migration, inequality, the human future, queer stuff. Reachable via email or on Signal @lpolgreen.39
Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social Political education, socialism, abolition, unions, cats
Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski Bluesky literacy crisis actor. Opinions mine.
📍Charlottesville
en / de / es
Posts autodelete after 2 days or if viral. Some posts automated.
Web:
- emilygorcenski.com
- registry.blue
Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com Professor & department head, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. I study higher ed finance, accountability, and financial aid. Washington Monthly rankings data editor. Dad, gardener, and baker. Personal account.
https://robertkelchen.com/
Sesame Workers Union @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social Proud member of @opeiulocal153
Please sign our petition for voluntary recognition! 💚
https://linktr.ee/SesameWUnion
Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social This is me, not an official account. Led NYU-Marron’s passenger rail modernization effort; co-authored/edited the landmark ‘A Better Billion’ subway report. Now working on next gen trains at the MTA. City beat reporter in a former life. Hook’em🤘. 🏳️🌈.
Sen. Jabari Brisport @jabaribrisport.bsky.social New York State Senator in District 25. Chair of Committee on Children and Families. Former public school teacher. Socialist. 🌹
Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com Lawyer.
Transit (@2avesag.as), baseball, politics, Yogi photos. Be loud for America.
DREAM for NYC @dreamfornyc.bsky.social We’re going to make New York as good as the people who live in it. Because this year, New Yorkers Tax The Rich.
dreamfornyc.com/action
NYC Against Cuomo @nycagainstcuomo.bsky.social Andrew Cuomo is a serial sexual harasser who covered up the deaths of seniors during the COVID-19 pandemic so he could sell books. Say NO to Cuomo for Mayor!
National Teacher Front @teacherwalkout2025.bsky.social A collective of Teachers who are fed with with the abuses against our most dedicated and vulnerable educators. We fight for Pay, Purpose, and Protection.
Tech Won’t Save Us @techwontsave.us A left-wing podcast for a better world and better tech. Hosted by @parismarx.com. Made in partnership with @thenation.com.
https://techwontsave.us/
Data Rescue Project #DataRescue @datarescueproject.org Public Access to Public Data is a Public Good. We want to ensure our data are not gone forever. Read more about our efforts: https://www.datarescueproject.org/press/
Der Spekter @derspekter.org Bundist perspectives, original artwork, journalism, and more.
www.derspekter.org
Megan O’Toole @meganotoole.bsky.social Award-winning investigative/data journalist. Senior editor @MiddleEastEye, former MENA editor @AlJazeera, Global Authentication Project member @Bellingcat, meganotoole.ca
Naomi Peña @naomipena.bsky.social NYCHA & LES raised. mom to 4 #dyslexic kids; Co-founder & Director @literacyacadnyc.bsky.social 
cassie willson @cassiewillson.bsky.social girl from internet
https://linktr.ee/casstherockwillson
Joseph Howley @illdottore.bsky.social I’m a Latin professor and book historian working on slavery and scribal labor in Ancient Rome. Co-edited volume “Writing, Enslavement and Power in the Roman Mediterranean” out now from OUP. Find my other writing in The Nation.
Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social "End Times Fascism" book available now.
Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire.
UBC Professor of Climate Justice.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/naomiklein
Office of the Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams @advocate.nyc.gov Official account for the Office of New York City Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams. For assistance, call 212-669-7250 or email gethelp@advocate.nyc.gov.
Jess Wisneski @jesswisneski.bsky.social NY Working Families Party Co-Chair, public school parent & advocate, pro-democracy fighter, mom, farmer & Deacon. Upstate NYer born and raised. Go Bills!
Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social State politics at @CityandStateNY.bsky.social. She/her. Mom to Ivy the Capitol Dog. Pitches and dog pics to rlewis@cityandstateny.com. rfclewis.38 on Signal
New Yorkers United for Child Care @ny4childcare.bsky.social We are New Yorkers -- parents and would-be parents -- building the power to win free child care for all.
Get involved: united4childcare.org
Jasmine Gripper @jasgripper.bsky.social Co-director of the NY Working Families Party
@johannagarcia.bsky.social @johannagarcia.bsky.social 
Katie @littlelistmaker.bsky.social 
Lisa Duggan @lisaduggan.bsky.social Commie Pinko Queer writer, activist, Distinguished Visiting Prof at Barnard College. Author of Mean Girl: Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed & The Twilight of Equality. Co-editor of American Studies Now series at UC Press. Find me at lisaduggan.substack.com
Chenjerai Kumanyika @chenjerai.bsky.social Study & teach critical media studies of empire Creator and host of Empire City @nyu_journalism Stories/ Political ed @crookedmedia @sceneonradio @uncivilshow @mothstories @streetpoetsinc
Jon Orcutt @jonorcutt.bsky.social Long time NYC transportation reformer - Senior Fellow at @reinventalbany.bsky.social
Alum @TransitCenter.bsky.social @nyc-dot.bsky.social @tstc.bsky.social @TransAlt.org @bikenewyork
Emily Liu @emilyliu.me this bio is left as an exercise to the reader
🌱 emilyliu.me
Dan Kearney @dankearney.bsky.social Progressive educator in California / Host of the education podcast What’s the Big Idea? / Host of the music podcast But I Won’t Do That / Lover of running and comic books
Ujju Aggarwal @ujju.bsky.social -author of Unsettling Choice: Race, Rights, and the Partitioning of Public Education
-educator, organizer, professor of anthropology
International Journal of Human Rights Education (IJHRE) @ijhre.bsky.social IJHRE is an independent, double-blind, peer-reviewed, open-access, online journal dedicated to the examination of the theory, philosophy, research, and praxis central to the field of human rights education.
https://repository.usfca.edu/ijhre/
Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social Read me: HamiltonNolan.com
My book: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hamilton-nolan/the-hammer/9780306830921/
Email: Hamilton.Nolan@gmail.com
@caolanm.bsky.social @caolanm.bsky.social 
Clay Hensley @clayhensley.bsky.social Posts about #globaled/#intled/#highered, & #intlstudent mobility, + art, democracy, sports.
Views my own.
Chris Caruso @chriscaruso.bsky.social 
Tina Collins @tascollins.bsky.social 
Sean M. Arnold @seanmarnold.bsky.social Parent + Educator
Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social Democratic nominee for Congress in NY-10. Dad Lander. Love unions, justice, seltzer, and NYC. #FightDontFold
https://linktr.ee/bradlander
Anya Kamenetz @anya1anya.bsky.social Ex-NPR. Writer. New Narratives Fellow, EHRP. Books: Generation Debt, DIY U, The Art of Screen Time, The Test, The Stolen Year, and next up: Falling In Love With The World Again. thegoldenhour.substack.com
Maddy Fox @maddyfox.bsky.social 
Kalyn Belsha @kalynbelsha.bsky.social Education editor @wbez.org. Former national education reporter @chalkbeat.org & Spencer Fellow @columbiajournalism.bsky.social. Hablo español. Tips? Email: kbelsha@chicagopublicmedia.org or reach out on Signal: kalynbelsha.14
Yoav Gonen @yoavgonen.bsky.social Communications Director for City Council Speaker Menin. Former reporter @ THE CITY. Will RT anything, even if it's true. #GoBlue
Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social MIT-trained economist & Harvard prof | 1st-gen college grad | Education, inequality | Shitposts in a Boston accent | 1st career: union organizer
NYT Columns
https://www.nytimes.com/by/susan-dynarski
https://linktr.ee/susan.dynarski
www.susandynarski.com
Courtney Martin @courtneym0108.bsky.social 💙🐇🐈🐕☀️🌴🌊🍸🍷📖📚📸🧳🎨👩🌾👩🏫♓️
Kara @lookitskara.bsky.social I am a teacher, a MORE caucus member, a crime fiction reader, a parent, a spouse, a music lover, and a TV show watcher. I also have a super cute dog named Lottie. And yes, she's named after the character from Yellowjackets.
Nicholas Ferroni @nicholasferroni.bsky.social Educator
eva @fussyteacher.bsky.social 9th grade teacher (on purpose), hobgoblin. she/her
@wlecker.bsky.social @wlecker.bsky.social 
Nicole Mirra @nicole-mirra.bsky.social Associate Professor at UCLA School of Education. I study youth critical literacies & speculative civic engagement. Station Eleven superfan. (she/her)
Jess Lifshitz @jess5th.bsky.social Fifth grade teacher who believes we can use reading and writing to make the world a better place.
Meredith Kolodner @merkolodner.bsky.social I'm an investigative reporter covering education at The Hechinger Report. Love to hear your thoughts on what needs investigating! Also Liverpool F.C. devotee and mom of two.
Julia E. Torres @juliaerin80.bsky.social Teen Services Librarian. Author. Educator. Mama. World Citizen. Aspiring servant leader.
Juliatorreswrites.com
Sarah Cohodes @cohodes.bsky.social Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy | co-editor Journal of Public Economics | affiliate NBER, J-PAL, and Blueprint
www.sarahcohodes.com
Ethan-ol [C₂H₅OH] @scienergetic.bsky.social Design specialist & content creator in tech and science. ChemSTEM™ CEO. Double masters (statistics, and STEM ed leadership). Science + math + data + music (KGLW 🦎, Babe Rainbow, Meg 🐴) + learning & cognition. 🚴🏽♂️🏃🏽♂️
I say things & I like it. Mostly human. 🤪
@arlodico.bsky.social @arlodico.bsky.social 
Maya Chavez @mayachavez.bsky.social Chicana. 🇲🇽 Educator. | HS Civics Specialist in Chicago Public Schools | Brown MAT History/Social Studies | Kids & teachers deserve safe schools 😷
@maya_chavez_ on Twitter
Sonali Rajan @sonalirajan.bsky.social professor @teacherscollege @columbia | co-director columbia center for injury science and prevention | founding president: https://www.firearmresearchsociety.org/our-team | runner | mom to the best kid
Kit 🏳️🌈 @mrkitmath.bsky.social former #MfAProud Master Teacher & current math instructional specialist (coaching & PD)
#trans, #queer, #ADHD & #Neurodivergent
learning from #ClearTheAir how to be an accomplice & resist oppression in & out of classroom
#MakeMathJust #ITeachMath
he/they
@nancysednotes.bsky.social @nancysednotes.bsky.social 
@casaprincipal.bsky.social @casaprincipal.bsky.social The proud, founding, principal of Corona Arts & Sciences Academy! Leading with love since 2013!
District Leader Anthony Beckford @anthonybeckfordnyc.bsky.social Father, USMC Veteran, District Leader of the 43rd Assembly District, Entrepreneur, Musician, True Progressive.
AnthonyBeckford.com
Tony @empty-visions.bsky.social Editor at Anime Feminist. musician, DJ, writer. minors DNI. views do not rep employer- K Katie E. Moylan @kemoylan.bsky.social Reluctant runner, voracious reader, all-around word nerd
(also @kemoylan on Twitter!)
@grosariowallace.bsky.social @grosariowallace.bsky.social 
Joe Schmidt @hsglobalhistory.bsky.social Social studies/history educator in NYC. Comics, history, and history education. Opinions, typos, and grammatical errors are all mine. Shouting into the void or a gigantic stuffed animal amalgamation.
Saphron Initiative @saphron.org Leading student-led organization in U.S. public ed advocacy & policy • working with school divisions & elected officials for education justice • Based in DC • Moving from Twitter.
www.saphron.org
IASPM-US @iaspm-us.bsky.social The official Bluesky account for the US branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music
@dhnow.bsky.social @dhnow.bsky.social 
Dan Cohen @dancohen.bsky.social Critical urban and economic geographer studying the marketization of education and other social institutions (he/him). https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=S265d9kAAAAJ&hl=en
Robert Fink @rfink1913.bsky.social Music academic @ UCLA, Professor of Musicology, Chair of Music Industry Program. Interests include minimalism, techno, history of popular music, guitar, banjo, swing dancing, Welsh, etc. 
James Kennaway @jgkennaway.bsky.social Historian of medicine etc. at the University of Groningen.
Martin Jan Stepanek @martinjan.bsky.social Science & Tech Journalist @ http://derstandard.at/wissenschaft
Early Music @ http://vocalconsort.com
JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. Part of the ITHAKA nonprofit family.
More about us: https://about.jstor.org/- I @internetarchive.bsky.social @internetarchive.bsky.social
Byron Au Yong @auyong.bsky.social composer and educator posting plants
Cahuilla and Coast Salish lands and seas
Palm Springs and Seattle 🌈 🌴 🌲 🌅
www.byronauyong.com 🎹 🌱 🐢 🎶 🙋🏻
Abe Fernandez @abefernandez.bsky.social VP of #CollectiveImpact at Children's Aid and Director of the National Center for #CommunitySchools; Die-Hard Bronxite